Winter time: pedestrians beware crossing the street

Between November and January; twenty more pedestrians without reflective clothing die crushed because of the lack of light.
This is a consequence of the transition to winter time: between November and January, 20 more pedestrians are killed every month on the roadside. To warn about this unknown phenomenon, Prevention Maid launched on November 3 an awareness campaign.

Since with winter time, it’s dark in the morning by the time we start at school and at night when you get home from work.

This is precisely the morning and evening, after dark, the majority of accidents occur from November to January: pedestrians without reflective accessories are less visible effect when they pass or they walk on the roadside.
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“One day, I wanted through a country road. A car came with a bang. It was winter and I was dressed in black. Fortunately, it was just at the start of the walkway so I was back, “testified Chloe who lives in Paris testifies micro Europe1.”In the country, there is not much floor lamp, so I’m with my phone into flashlight mode and I’m doing great signs,” said the young woman.

But the “flashlight” technique Chloe is not the most appropriate as it may, on the contrary, blind the driver. There are much more effective steps by Sophie Fegueux, medical adviser for highway safety like trying to put lighter clothes or brighter colors or better to have retro-reflective tape. And for cyclists, have a reflective vest.

But not everything is a matter of pedestrians and motorists two wheel drivers should slow down especially when they move from a well-lit area to a darker space. It is, indeed, at that time that was the most difficult to distinguish pedestrians.